Coin purse



1944- N. H. SWANSON COIN PURSE Filed March 29, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 31, 1944 N. H. SWANSON COIN PURSE Filed March 29, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IEIIIIIIIIII Iii-I'll III-III..-III-III-III-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Patented Oct. 31, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE com-PURSE NelsH. Swanson, Chicago, Ill. Application March 29, 1941-, ScriaFNo. asasos 2. Claims;

This invention relates to a special type of coin purse in which a rackfor the coins is mounted between covers within which it is normally enclosed, and in which the covers are preferably made of flexible material, such as leather.

One object of the invention is to provide a structure of the type indicated in which the coin rack is firmly anchored to the cover material in a manner which causes the rack to stand upright away from the cover when the purse is opened.

Another object is to provide a construction which shall be convenient and economical to manufacture, and which includes certain features insuring speed and accuracy in the assembly of the parts. I

The invention is also concerned with providing certain methods of assembly which insure a simple and durable construction.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing in closed posit on a coin purse embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a-perspectiveview showing the coin nurse in open position and with the coins removed therefrom.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the cover and lining assembled with the hookless fastener element ready for stitching.

Figure 4 is; a similar plan, view showing the cover and lining afterstitching.

Figure -5 is; a vertical sectional view taken through the back of the cover and through the coin rack showing the method of assembling these parts.

Figure 6 is an. enlarged detail section ofthe riveting means at the moment of clinchin a rivet in assembling the parts.

In the, coin purse. to which this invention is directedthe cover, which is made of flexible sheet materiahsuch as leather, comprises two leaves I and 2 extending in opposite directions from a back portion 3 which is integral with the two leaves and extends transverselyof them in the closed position of the purse, as illustrated in Figure 1. For holding the two leaves together a hookless fastener, commonly called a zipper. is shown at 4, with the tape portions 5, 5 of the fastener extending from the margins of the cover leaves I and 2 and completing the end and side walls of the purse in its closed position.

The inner face of the cover member is preferably provided with a lining 6 of sheet material which may be of a single piece covering the leaves I and 2 and the back section 3. The lining will be secured to the cover member at its margins andmay be formed with slits I and 8' to provide pockets for carrying paper money, cards or other fiat material. The coin rack itself includes a back bar 9 formed ofsheet metal with marginal flanges Ill, and with upstanding channel members II each having a base or foot flange I2 by which it is secured to the back bar 9 between the flanges I0 thereof; The channels of the members I I face each other in pairs to form guideways for the coins carried in the purse' The back bar 9 is perforated at intervals, and the foot flange I? of each channel member is formed with an aperture so that these members may be secured to the back bar by rivets.

In assembling the various parts of the coin purse I have foundit both convenient and desirable to secure the coin rack in the cover by means of some of the rivets which are employed for holding the channel arms II of the rack to the back bar. With this method of assembly in view, the cover member is initially made with a series of perforations I3 in the area which is to form the backportion 3 of the cover, and these perforations are spaced so as to register accurately with certain holes in the'back bar 9. Additional perforations I3 are formed in the corresponding area of the lining member 6. Thus,-for assembling the cover and lining a very simple jig may be provided having a pair of upstanding pins or posts I4 spaced apart to fit into two of the perforations I3 so that the cover and its lining may be fitted onto these pins I4 and will then be disposed in correct relation to each other. Any suitable cement is applied to the marginal portion of the inner face of the cover and to the opposing marginal area of the lining indicated in Figure 3 at 6 and the tape portions 5 of the hookless fastener are inserted between these cementcoated marginal areas for securement between them. Pressure is applied and the cement is given time to set or dry to the desired extent; then the assembled cover, lining and fastener elements are removed from the guide pins I4 and further secured by marginal stitching, indicated at I5 in Figure 4. Although the fastener tapes 5 are necessarily curved to some extent to form the ends and side walls of the purse, they are comparatively flexible and do not interfere with the stitching operation during which the cover, as a whole, lies substantially flat, as shown in Figure 4.

It is not necessary that all the rivets which secure the channeled members II to the back bar 9 shall extend through the cover, and therefore I prefer to initially assemble the back bar 9 with two pairs of members I I, one pair at each end, as seen in Figure 5. The riveting machine includes an upstanding hollow anvil post I6 within which there is a plunger I1 normally upheld by a spring I8 and having a reduced terminal pin I9 extending above the upper end of the anvil post I6. 'The apertured foot flange I2 of one of the channeled members I I is first fitted over the pin I 9 and the corresponding aperture of the back bar 9 is next entered over the pin I9. Then the assembled cover and lining is inverted over the back bar and the proper perforation I3 is engaged with the pin I9 to correctly position the cover with respect to the back bar 9. The riveting plunger 20 to which a rivet 2| is automatically fed by suitable mechanism, not shown, is then depressed, carrying the rivet 2! into contact with the upper end of the pin I9 and depressing the pin andits connected plunger I! in opposition to the spring I8 so as to carry the shank of the rivet through the back port on 3 of the cover and through the lining 6 and through the apertures in the back wall 9 and foot flange I2. As seen in Figure 6, the rivet is of the hollow shank type, and the up per end of the pin I9 is formed with a convex terminal portion I9 The spring IB is sufiiciently stiff to insure that the pressure between the convex terminal I9 and the hollow end of the rivet will serve to spread the annular edge of the rivet so that as the pin I9 descends within the anvil post I6 this edge will be curled back by contact with the annular channel II-l in the upper end of the post I6 for clinching against the foot flange I2 and thus securing the parts in assembled relation. As shown in the drawings, the perforations I3 of the cover and lining correspond to the middle four apertures in. the back bar H, so that the four channel members II which form the racks for the two middle groups of coins are assembled-in the process of securing the rack into the cover, and the corres onding four rivets 21 extend through the back 3 of the cover. as seen in Figure 1. The sett ng of these rivets completes the assembly and secures the back bar firmly and flatly to the back portion 3 so that when the cover is opened up in flat form. as in Figure 2. the coin rack stands away from the leaves of the cover, thus presenting the coins (not shown) in conveniently accessible position. The utilization of the holes I3 for aligning the cover and its lining on the guide pins I4 insures accurate assembly of these parts. and with the holes I3 formed initially in the blanks of the cover and lining by the same dies which cut the outlines of these parts. the correct positioning of the coin rack in the-cover is insured at the outset. The securement of the rack by means of the rivets permits the stitching of the lining to thecover to be carried out with the parts in flat form, and without assembly. The structure and-method of combining the elements in accordance with this invention thus insures economical manufacture and a satisfactory final product.

A further advantage which results from the use of the rivets 2| in the back portion 3 of the cover is that the pockets formed between the cover and the lining at the slits I and 8 are thus separated from each other without the necessity of running the stitching across the cover, as would otherwise be necessary; the rivets 2i, in cooperation with the rigid back bar 9, serve to bind the cover and lining together so closely that there is no possibility that articles in one Docket will tend to slip through toward the other pocket or to extend part way through, where they would interfere with the closing of the cover leaves.

While there is shown and described herein certain specific structure embodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the art that various modifications and re-arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and that the same is not limited to the particular form herein shown and described, except in so far as indicated by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A coin purse comprising a cover of flexible sheet material including a narrow perforated back portion and two foldable leaves extending in opposite directions from the back portion, a lining comprising a single sheet of material secured against the inner face of the cover at its margins only, sa d lining having a slit to form a pocket between the lining and the cover and having perforations registering with those of the back portion, together with a coin holding frame including a back bar and fastening means extending through the perforations of the cover and lining and securing the back bar thereto whereby the cover and lining are held together to form a bottom for the pocket between them.

2. A coin purse comprising a cover of flexible sheet material including a narrow perforated back portion and two foldable leaves extending in opposite directions from the back portion, a lining comprising a single sheet of material secured against the inner face of the cover at its margins, said lining having a slit to form a pocket between the lining and the cover and having perforations registering with those of the back portion, together with a coin holding frame including a back bar and channeled coin receiving bars each having a foot flange seated upon the back bar, and rivets extending through said foot flanges and back bar and through the perforations of the cover and lining securing the channeled bars to the back bar and clamping the back bar to said cover with the lining interposed, whereby the cover and lining are held together to form a bottom for the pocket between them.

NELS H. SWANSON. 

